equivocate
/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/verb
no obj.
- use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself支吾; 含糊其辞; 推诿：
with direct speech 'Not that we are aware of', she equivocated.“并不是说我们意识到了”, 她推诿说。
派生词
equivocation
nounequivocator
nounequivocatory
adjective词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'use a word in more than one sense'）： from late Latin aequivocat- 'called by the same name', from the verb aequivocare, from aequivocus （see EQUIVOCAL）.